Episode 156: It’s just the beginning (6)
Clearly, Lucy also hoped that the Demon World Alliance would continue to attack her in new ways.
The goal was to make them use all the methods they had, destroy them, and crush them quickly and efficiently.
However, it was true that the speed, which seemed to be determined not to be taken lightly, was faster than Lucy expected.
[The attack of the undead… … .]
Lucy was concerned about the appearance of the undead that started in a corner of the battlefield. At first glance, the appearance of the undead was similar to the infected that fought tooth and nail in Ravizda.
The undead, like Lucy’s Demon Lord’s army, were fighting machines without fear or hesitation, and had the tenacity to endlessly come back to life and attack them no matter how many times they were killed.
Of course, the demon king army, which took the form of a huge beast, was able to push away a skeleton soldier without any power based on its weight alone, but the problem was that some of the skeleton soldiers could handle magical power, including magic.
“The religious power of the church can certainly be very powerful against the undead. So, even during the Great War, the undead could not use much power in front of Great Saint Evelia.”
“Holy power is not a method that our allies can use. Because the fundamentals themselves are different.”
Yuria talked about the clear weaknesses of the undead. Why they were not very active in the Great War or this civil war on the continent.
However, Lucy acknowledged that divine power was not something she could learn and gave up cleanly.
“For these people, it is almost impossible to recover nutrients even if we fight a war of attrition like we do in other places. “It would be better to attack and suppress it with long-distance firepower.”
Of course, that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to deal with it.
Following Lucy’s orders, who quickly calculated the gaps in the undead and instructed them to take appropriate action, the Demon King’s army quickly multiplied and moved towards the advancing enemies.
“Ready to bombard the magic island.”
The method used by Lucy was to send demon-type soldiers equipped with equipment capable of magical bombardment into the battlefield.
Soldiers carrying equipment similar to the magic weapons developed on Earth, made using strong hearts, were able to fire magic bombardments from a distance even without strong hearts in their bodies.
This was also a characteristic of the second wave prepared by Lucy. The soldiers of the Demon World Alliance, who had been fighting to the death not only with the undead but also with a large number of general demon beast-type soldiers, were embarrassed and panicked by the magic barrage that appeared from the demon king’s army as soon as Meteor was neutralized.
They were surprised when the opponent started to respond from a normally attacking position.
“Now we just have to wait for them to come up with their next trick.”
Lucy was still conserving her main strength, but was easily putting her opponent in a corner. The reason why all of this is possible is because of the countless data and information Lucy has accumulated from all over the world.
Although it was faster than expected, the Demon World Alliance was still swayed by Lucy.
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“Huh, did you realize that our troops’ weakness is long-distance artillery fire?”
Acrich Epos. He gritted his teeth with red eyes flashing. He, who commanded an army of skeletons, quickly came to his senses as he watched the skeleton soldiers he had raised fight against the demon king’s army admirably, and his allies being hit by magic bombardment coming from afar.
It was also a kind of turn-based game. Lucy quickly answered and passed the turn, so this time Ipos had to play his hand and pass the turn.
The longer you delay, the more you will continue to suffer losses, and if you do not pass the turn, you will lose.
“Why are you so worried? Let the wizards support you. This time we will step forward. “Preparations are complete.”
“You should try that.”
The person who helped Ipos at that time was Phenex, an undead demon lord like himself. Phenex had finished preparing while Iphos was buying time.
“It has no internal organs and is strange in many ways, but the body itself is very strong, so it was fun to make. good!”
Phenex dispatched his troops that he had prepared so far. Although they are fewer in number than skeleton soldiers, they are much more powerful. They are none other than corpse golems, made by splicing together corpses.
Moreover, the corpse golem’s materials were all made by knitting together the corpses of the demon king’s army that had not yet been recovered.
[Indeed, the strong defense and anti-magic power of our allies became theirs.]
Lucy confirmed that all of the corpse golem’s abilities belonged to the Demon King’s army.
Hard carapace, sharp claws, teeth, etc. The strengths that were honed have now returned as enemies.
Moreover, since the skeleton wizards were next to him and defended him from the bombardment, he could not be easily captured even by bombardment using magic weapons.
The Demon Lord’s army began to be pushed back little by little, as they looked like Ravizda’s infected entities transforming their bodies in real time.
“It is time to show our strength. How long will we hide and defend ourselves!”
As the undead opened a path to escape on one side of the battlefield, the troops of the Demon World Alliance, who had been stuck in fortresses and walls and only defended themselves, began to slowly advance forward.
They also passed their turn fairly quickly.
[Their response speed is faster than expected, so we will have to advance our plan little by little.]
Of course, Lucy has already prepared several cards.
If they showed faster speed than expected, all he had to do was throw the cards he had prepared in succession.
[From now on, Gamma types will be deployed on the battlefield.]
One of them was to deploy a high-ranking type equipped with a strong core, the Gamma type, into the battlefield.
The reason why the current Demon World Alliance can show an absurd exchange ratio against the Demon King’s army is thanks to its superior combat power using magical power.
It was something that Lucy had been developing since a very long time ago, when she was fighting with goblins within the demon world, to overcome it.
At this moment, the power that had been deliberately sealed away burst forth.
“It’s as if these guys were waiting!”
The ax broke in half, and a sword blazing with magic flashed.
The Orc warrior, who was fighting fiercely against the demon king’s generals while wielding an ax imbued with magic, fell down, vomiting blood, and the Orcs and Gamma, who were wielding four swords, could only look down at the sight.
Even those who went crazy against ordinary species were pushed back when a higher-ranking species with much stronger output and superior combat skills invaded.
“Everyone retreat! “It was their trap!”
The soldiers of the Demon World Alliance were frightened by the sudden appearance of the Gamma types who entered the battlefield, and had no choice but to retreat back into the defense line, despite their efforts to come out and fight back.
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“They are playing with us. “If we continue like this, it will end up being a war of attrition no different from before.”
They are not stupid either. When they realized that Lucy was controlling their strength and weakening them without giving her all, they were angry but could not rush forward.
“Since higher-ranking species that have mastered magical combat techniques entered the battlefield, the losses of our troops are rapidly increasing. We need a way, a new way.”
“… … .”
Baal, who had been quite confident until recently, was slowly falling into agony. I wondered if what I thought was an effective counterattack would be effective and lead to victory, but the enemy, as if they had been waiting for this, trampled on it with stronger force and greater numbers, strangling the allies again.
‘It seems like I’m fighting Taishan. Was it all an act from the beginning? Should we have attacked earlier? Does it make sense that those who only occupied the northern region have so many soldiers and so much strength?’
His thoughts spread to the source of the Demon King’s power.
I thought it made no common sense. He doesn’t know what world Lucy’s demon lord army has and how big its nest is, and no matter how much he retrieves the corpses and recycles the nutrients, he gets tired of the endless number of demon lord armies pouring out.
“You know that if the war continues like this, we will dry up and die first.”
In the end, Baal made a decision. It was a decision made fairly quickly. If the war continues like this, we will be crushed to death by the various paddles Lucy has prepared.
“Unless we attack their nest, we won’t be able to win if we kill them for a hundred days and a thousand days.”
“But Demon King, how can we attack the nest if we can’t break through them?”
“It is possible if we gather our strength at one point. “If you think about how we captured the Demon Lord of Sentai in the past.”
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Baal’s eyes sparkled.
On the other hand, the other demon lords were speechless and flinched at his mention of the previous demon king.
Because the method by which they captured the Sentai Demon King was exactly what he had just mentioned. By concentrating his power in one place, he broke through the defense line created by the Demon King’s army and immediately shot down the Demon King, the leader of the Demon King’s army.
“It’s a method that has no backs. What if you try to do that and fail? “You will die in isolation!”
“People who were full of blood in the past are now worried about death first. “Is it because I now have so much to lose?”
Naturally, the demon world lords expressed their disapproval. But Baal laughed at them and shook his head. I understand their greed, but once the demon world is destroyed, that greed will no longer exist.
“Based on what is known so far, there are more than one or two cards they are hiding. Neither the huge super-giant species nor the giant flying species carrying numerous soldiers and flying through the sky have yet appeared. At first, I thought they might have given up on them and mass-produced regular species, but that wasn’t the case. Instead, the more we resist, the more they will bring out these things one by one, slowly stopping us to death and taking over this land. “Should I just let it happen?”
“Well, that’s…” … .”
Baal did not simply push through force. In the end, the lords of the Demon World, who had no choice but to use the method he spoke of, had no choice but to accept his argument.
‘In case of emergency, at least a part of us can escape, but there is no need to say anything.’
Of course, Baal didn’t really plan to risk everyone’s lives. There was also the thought of conserving power for the future. I just didn’t say anything.
‘I must know its identity.’
From the beginning, his purpose was different. It’s about finding out about that group of monsters about which there are only rumors without any proper information.
Who is the true leader, what is his purpose, how does he run this huge army, etc.
‘If only I could learn.’
His eyes sparkled with greed. His interest in Lucy was not simple hostility. As time passed, he fell in love with the power of Lucy’s army, and was wondering how he could obtain that power.